Bharti Airtel adds 2.55 million subscribers in March

UK-based telco Vodafone’s India subscriber base grew 0.61%, or by 1.2 million in March, followed by Aditya Birla group’s Idea Cellular which grew 0.26%​, or by 0.44 million new customers​,​ during the same month.Muntazir Abbas | ETTelecom | Updated: April 13, 2016, 13:18 IST

NEW DELHI: Sunil Mittal-driven Bharti Airtel has added a maximum of 2.55 million subscribers in March 2016, telecom group Cellular Operators of India (COAI) said in a statement Tuesday.

UK-based telco Vodafone's India subscriber base grew 0.61%, or by 1.2 million in March, followed by Aditya Birla group's Idea Cellular which grew 0.26%​, or by 0.44 million new customers​,​ during the same month.

The total GSM subscriber base, according to COAI, increased ​by 5.23 million over ​the ​previous month.

In March, Bihar and Jharkhand telecom circle added a maximum of 0.97 million GSM subscribers, according to COAI.